The community-building events give the public the opportunity to meet local police officers in a relaxed setting that typically features demonstrations, games and barbecues.
Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Herald’s Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When he’s not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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Body of missing Appalachian Trail hiker is found in Maine
A Maine game warden finds Jeffrey Aylward, 63, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, inside his tent in Township D near Rangeley.
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Bruce Poliquin will not run against Jared Golden in 2020
The former Republican U.S. representative says that taking care of his aging parents comes first.
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New Hampshire man killed in ATV crash in Naples
The victim, identified as 59-year-old Wayne Jackson of Loudon, was not wearing a helmet when his ATV rolled over on top of him on Pitt Road.
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Driver injured when vehicle strikes parked car, rolls over in South Portland
The accident took place in front of DiPietro’s Market around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Shark spotted off Goose Rocks Beach probably a great white
A Kennebunkport harbormaster reports seeing the predator about a mile offshore.
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July in Portland sets record: Hottest. Month. Ever.
The temperature in Portland reached 80 degrees or higher during 24 days this July, leading to an average temperature of 72.9 degrees that eclipsed the previous record of 72.7 set in July 2011.
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Woolwich man dies 2 weeks after getting injured in motor vehicle accident
The man, 58-year-old Barry Wyman, was injured when his car and 2 others collided with a Penske rental truck on Route 1 in Woolwich.
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U.S. Border Patrol agent injured in ATV crash near Canadian border
The agent was airlifted to a hospital in Bangor after the accident, which took place Monday in the remote township of Gorham Gore.
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Maine drug trafficking suspect escapes capture by swimming Aroostook River
Alan Raymond Jr. also got help from his father, police say, and both are being sought by authorities.